Man frightens dog
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What John Winston Howard has been up to this morning.
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November 2006
Goodbye Greg. Hello Sam.
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It's the retirement announcement Australia has been dreading even more than Thorpey's.
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UN threatens US sovereignty outrage shock
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The United Nations is usurping the sovereignty of the United States of America. It is taking over large tracts of US land by means of a sinister device called the "World Heritage Listing".
Last Saturday's edition of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has an interview with Nathan Tabor, who explains all.
NBC states the bleeding obvious
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NBC News reached the same conclusion on Monday that we've all known since, oh, 2003: That there's a civil war in Iraq.
Matt Lauer read the solemn pronouncement on Monday's Today show, declaring that NBC (80% owned by General Electric NYSE:GE, 20% by Vivendi FR:012777) has decided to call the vicious and bloody conflict between the Shi'ites and Sunnis a "civil war".
MSNBC takes up the story.
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The Ashes: 2nd Test
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Graham Roope 1946-2006
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Sad news this morning of the death of Graham Roope on Sunday while on holiday in Grenada. He didn't tour Australia but I remember him well from the 1977 series when England regained the Ashes from a WSC-shaken Australian side.
An outstanding slip fielder and a stalwart for Surrey for nearly twenty seasons, Roope played 21 Tests for England, scoring 860 runs at 30.71. In all first-class cricket between 1964 and 1986, he scored 19116 runs at 36.90.
Here's the announcement of Roope's passing on the http://www.surreycricket.com/news/surrey-cricket/surrey-and-england-bats...
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Australia 1, England 0: Remember 2005
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First Test, Lords 2005: Australia defeated England by 239 runs. England won series 2-1.
First Test, Brisbane 2006-07: Australia defeated England by 277 runs. Is history about to repeat itself?
I doubt it. The yawning experience gap makes the difference this time, added to the intense hunger that the Australian team feels to regain the Ashes.
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Gabba Day 4: Has Australia's wheel fallen off already?
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Has Australia blown its best chance of regaining the Ashes?
I'm serious.
Honestly, what was the point of batting on just long enough on Sunday morning to allow Justin Langer to get his hundred? Apart from allowing Ricky to strain his back while taking a run and thus keeping him off the field for the rest of the day... and possibly for the Second Test.
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Alfred Mynn Bicentennial
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National Day of Prayer in Time of Drought
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Today, November 26, has been proclaimed a National Day of Prayer by the Heads of Christian Churches meeting in this time of severe drought.
The heads of Churches called for all Australians to pray for:
- desperately needed rain
- those who are severely drought affected, and
- commitment to responsibly care for all our natural resources
There is a lot more information, including prayer resources, at the National Council of Churches website.
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